I am not realy following the new “technologies”, but I was wondering if it will be possible to put the complete 75 year collection of MR on a micro SD card to put in a tablet.
If this would be possible and if this is easy to do I would be thinking of buying a tablet so that I can read the collection of MR during my lunch breaks at work.
Yours sincerely
I would do it on an iPad. I use an iPad for reading and it is quite nice. Stepson gave me his iPad 1 and it could hold a few thousand books. Get the newest version. Go to a Apple store and see what they have. Shop around for best prices.
If you do not need all the tech, shop used for an iPad 1. A used one with 32GB can be had for under $200 if you know how to shop.
I have an iPhone for use when out and around. Not for reading books.
Here is a short discussion I just found.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/227540/2537613.aspx
Rich
Google model railroad 75 year series on ipad for more discussions. I just did.
Rich
I did it and found some items on google but it seems that it is not possible to place the 75 year collection of MR on a tablet or iPad.
See link below:
Someone knew a sollution?(beside taken my laptop to work)
They want to keep it dependent on the DVDs so that you can’t easily make copies of the files. If they allowed you to transfer copies over to your tablet, then there’s nothing to stop you from sharing those files over the internet.
Steve S
I can understand it till a certain point.
Is it not pssible to connect a dvd/cd-rom player on an Ipad or tablet to transfer the 3 dvd’s on the Ipad or tablet?
It’s not that it’s dependent on the DVDs, you can fully install it to your computer and never have to stick any of the DVDs in to use it - my original DVDs are safely stored away but I can open and read any issue I want on my computer.
The problem is the kind of DRM they used. It’s Adobe’s internal security, and it’s not supported on the Acrobat Reader versions for tablets and smartphones. You CAN however use a free print to PDF tool like CutePDF to print articles and then copy the resulting PDF to your tablet to read - I’ve put some construction articles I was working from on my iPad that way, since my train room computer runs Linux and that’s another platform the MR DVD collection won;t work on.
IMO there is only one publisher of ebooks that actually “gets it” - Baen Enterprises. ALl of their books are sold DRM-free. They’ve offered ‘teasers’ for free, like the first book in a series. This policy of theirs led me to many ‘new’ (to me) authors whom I probably would never have read if the only way to get exposure would be to pay full price for a paperback and HOPE I liked it. I have purchased literally 100 books after reading a dozen or so freebies. And found a few where, after reading the freebie, I just didn’t like. So I simple didn’t buy any of their others.
–Randy
Thank you for the information and clarify why it should not woking.
What with the hybride tablets? The ones who are small laptops where you can detach the keyboard and are working on Windows 8? (ex: ASUS T100TA-DK002H screen 10.1 inch and other brands)
Or this tablet that is working on Windows 8: Toshiba Encore WT8-A-102 (with Windows 8 it schould be possible to run the Acrobat Reader)
And the small netbooks? (ex: ASUS X200MA-KX130H screen 11.6 inch or Lenovo Flex 10-00216 and other brands)
I stand corrected. [:$]
Steve S
If you are talking a machine that runs real Windows 8, and not just “Metro”, then you can install the DVD collection to it. There may not be enough storage for the whole thing though. To get it there, you can simply share out the DVD drive on a regualr desktop and connect it to the tablet device to access the DVDs for installation.
–Randy
Hello Randy,
Yes I was thinking about some tablet that runs on Windows 8
like this one: (the page it is not in English; sorry idem for the 2nd link))
http://www.vandenborre.be/laptop-pc-mac-tablet-pc/asus-t100ta-dk002h-be
or this mini laptop
http://www.vandenborre.be/laptop-pc-mac-tablet-pc/asus-x200ma-kx130h-be